Job Title: Learning and Development Manager

Reporting to: Head of People and Culture

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

The B Corp Movement

B Lab UK is part of the global B Corp movement with the mission to inspire and enable people to use business as a force for good. Certified B Corps seek to redefine success in business by putting social and environmental impact on a par with profit. The B Corp community is a global movement of businesses that provide leadership by demonstrating their commitment to people and planet. There are now over 9,000 B Corps spanning 102 countries and 160+ sectors. Some names you might have heard of include Patagonia, The Guardian, and Divine Chocolate.

Why this role?

It’s an exciting time at B Lab UK!

With the world’ second-largest B Corp Community, B Lab UK is on its way to achieving its mission to create an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative economy for all.

A key ingredient to achieving this mission? Our people. And to ensure we're providing the best opportunities to develop and strengthen our workforce, we’re seeking a dynamic Learning and Development Manager to drive growth, enhance skills, and implement innovative training programmes that foster the professional development of their colleagues. 

Your efforts will empower our workforce to reach their full potential, ensuring we stay on track to achieve our mission. 

Join us in shaping a culture of continuous improvement. 

Join us in shaping the future.

What you’ll be doing

In your role, you'll be focused on, but will not be limited to, the following:

• People Development

• Emerging Talent Programmes

• Performance Enhancement and Management, and

• Evaluation

You’ll also be line managing a small but mighty team, which will include providing direction, development opportunities, and proactively creating a space in which the team can maintain a whole-life balance. 

As part of the Finance & Operations team, you will also be involved in cross-directorate work and strategy delivery, as required.

People development

• Promote and celebrate a culture of continuous and holistic learning and development, driving and developing the full B Lab UK learning provision.

• Identify the skills required to deliver our strategy and develop an accessible and multi-method learning provision that upskills, reskills, and enhances performance.  

• Working with the wider People and Culture team to create a holistic approach to developing inclusive, compassionate, and transformational leaders and line managers.

• Create tailored and accessible communications to increase colleague engagement with learning and development activities.

• Schedule and administer formal training, liaising with external providers and staff, including managing the budget.

Performance enhancement and management

• Working closely with colleagues to ensure that the B Lab UK’s performance enhancement ethos is embedded at all levels within the organisation, partnering where necessary to ensure that clear, consistent and empowering development and career conversations are available to all staff.

• Develop communications and resources to enable timely completion of performance enhancement-based activities.

• Embed a future-focused, impact-oriented competency framework that underpins a values-based culture.

• Work with the Head of People and Culture to embed succession planning and talent management culturally through bi-annual Performance Enhancement reviews and career development pathways.

Emerging talent programmes

• Oversee the development of emerging talent programmes that enable career development for current and future colleagues, which includes apprenticeships, internships, graduate programmes, etc.

Evaluation

• Monitor learning programmes investment and evaluate the impact of the training initiatives, collecting and analysing data to measure outcomes and make data-informed recommendations.

• Propose and develop the best metrics that would allow quarterly and annual reports to capture training needs, what has been delivered, the impact of what has been delivered and analysis.

What you’ll bring with you

We would love to hear from you if you have the ability to:

• Facilitate learning and skills needs assessments in a cross-functional organisation. 

• Identify, engage, and influence multiple stakeholders across all grades. 

• Design and facilitate workshops on a range of subjects 

• Embed a positive, proactive approach to performance enhancement in which colleagues are empowered to own their own learning journey.

• Collate and analyse data, information, and research, to produce written reports on impact and recommendations.

• Communicate effectively

• Stay organised in a high-pace environment

• Use IT platforms like Google Workspace and Asana

• Empower members of your team to be their best.

• Manage budgets.

Who you are       

• Someone who takes a research-informed and principles-led approach to empowering our colleagues to realise and maximise their potential

• A believer who appreciates the role business can play in creating the future that benefits all people and the planet.

• An advocate for growth mindset and continuous improvement.

• A keen collaborator who values the ability to go further together with their colleagues and stakeholders

• You thrive in a small team within a fast-paced, growing organisation.

• You’re excited about the opportunity Artificial Intelligence has in enhancing what learning opportunities organisations are able to provide their colleagues.

• A change agent!

What we give you

• Purpose driven work enabling B Lab UK’s mission of redefining the role of business as a force for good

• Hybrid and flexible working, we have a high trust environment and are advocates for right place working

• Hybrid working (min 1/2 days per week in office)

• Flexible working hours (based around core working hours)

• Opportunity to work 4 days a week 

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)

• 1 additional annual leave day (pro-rata for part-time staff) for each complete annual year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days

• Our office is closed between Christmas and New Year, no need to take extra holiday!

• Private Medical and Dental cover

• £200 per annum tax free Annual Wellbeing allowance and Employee Assistance Programme

• 2 paid volunteer days per year

• Enhanced Parental Leave and family friendly policies, including carers leave

• Learning and Development opportunities

• Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Income Protection policy

• Working in a flexible office workspace

How to apply:

All applications must be made through Be Applied.

If we can offer accommodations for you in the recruitment process, please contact hiring@bcorporations.uk. 

We use a blind recruitment process, to avoid biased screening, where the initial selection is based on answers to predefined questions and an anonymised CV review which are scored by a panel against predefined criteria for the role.

N.B. the anonomysed scoring panel does not see the applicant's CVs or any other information about them (until interview stage). Please ensure your answers to the questions are specific and give real examples of what you have done to demonstrate your experience and skills that are required for the role.

All candidates will be contacted after the initial screening process. The short-listing process will consist of at least 2 panel interviews. Candidates may be asked to prepare and present a task. Interviews will likely to be remote, and one conversational in-person interview.

B Lab believes an equitable and inclusive work environment and a diverse, empowered team are key to achieving our mission. We’re not looking for candidates who are “culture fits.” We’re looking for candidates who can expand our culture and challenge business as usual. We strive to foster an environment where all staff can bring themselves to work by their own definition, and we strive to provide all candidates with an equitable and accessible recruitment process.